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Famous Quotes

"Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom."

Alan Dershowitz on Government

More quotes about Government

"A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities."

Alan Dershowitz on Thomas Jefferson

"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

Alan Dershowitz on Winston Churchill

"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."

Alan Dershowitz on Thomas Jefferson

"Government is not reason it is not eloquent it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."

Alan Dershowitz on George Washington

"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil in its worst state, an intolerable one."

Alan Dershowitz on Thomas Paine

More quotes by Alan Dershowitz

"I learn from experience."

"I came from a poor family, so working and going to school at the same time was natural. It taught me multi-tasking, although we didn't call it that back then. I learned I could never be idle, I need to be doing many things at once."

"Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom."

"We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of association are more important than protecting secrets."